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'''George Allan Borgman'''<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref> (born January 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a musicologist, freelance jazz journalist, and was contributing editor and columnist for ''The Mississippi Rag''.  

'''George Allan Borgman'''<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref> (January 22, 1928 - October 26, 2009) was a musicologist, freelance jazz journalist, and was contributing editor and columnist for ''The Mississippi Rag''.  

== Early life ==

== Early life ==

Borgman was the only child of Herman Francis and Martha Vivien (Wecker) Borgman. He grew up in St. Louis and attended the St. Louis Institute of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree and Indiana University, Bloomington, where he received a master's degree in musicology.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

Borgman was born on January 22, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, the only child of Herman Francis and Martha Vivien (Wecker) Borgman. He grew up in St. Louis and attended the St. Louis Institute of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree and Indiana University, Bloomington, where he received a master's degree in musicology.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

Borgman played saxophone and clarinet with such big bands as Larry Tice's Orchestra (1946), Jack Everett's Orchestra (1946) and Jack Stalcup's Orchestra (1950). He was a member of the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1948, playing clarinet in an Army band in Heidelberg, Germany, where he took a music appreciation course at Heidelberg University. From 1953 to 1957, he worked as a high school band and chorus director, two years in Colorado and two years in Nevada. He married Janet Ferroli, a Bostonian, in February 1957. In Spring and Summer 1957, Borgman took a television production course at the School of Radio Technique, New York City. He subsequently worked as a lighting assistant on the Drew Pearson and Quentin Reynolds TV documentaries, and he also worked as a film editor in New York. In 1958, he was a film editor and TV cameraman at KOMU, Missouri University's commercial (NBC affiliate) TV station in Columbia.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

Borgman played saxophone and clarinet with such big bands as Larry Tice's Orchestra (1946), Jack Everett's Orchestra (1946) and Jack Stalcup's Orchestra (1950). He was a member of the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1948, playing clarinet in an Army band in Heidelberg, Germany, where he took a music appreciation course at Heidelberg University. From 1953 to 1957, he worked as a high school band and chorus director, two years in Colorado and two years in Nevada. He married Janet Ferroli, a Bostonian, in February 1957. In Spring and Summer 1957, Borgman took a television production course at the School of Radio Technique, New York City. He subsequently worked as a lighting assistant on the Drew Pearson and Quentin Reynolds TV documentaries, and he also worked as a film editor in New York. In 1958, he was a film editor and TV cameraman at KOMU, Missouri University's commercial (NBC affiliate) TV station in Columbia.<ref>''Who's Who in America'', 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref>  

In the mid-1990s he was voted in the top 12 jazz critics in the ''Jazz Beat'' poll. He is a member of the Jazz Journalists Association and has written liner notes for Stomp Off Records and various jazz recording artists and groups, including Neville Dickie, the Back Bay Ramblers, Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band and Lucinda Ellert's Happy Feet Dance Orchestra. He has also written articles for the annual Hot Steamed Jazz Festival (Essex, Connecticut).<ref>Internet Movie database</ref>

In the mid-1990s he was voted in the top 12 jazz critics in the ''Jazz Beat'' poll. He is a member of the Jazz Journalists Association and has written liner notes for Stomp Off Records and various jazz recording artists and groups, including Neville Dickie, the Back Bay Ramblers, Stan McDonald's Blue Horizon Jazz Band and Lucinda Ellert's Happy Feet Dance Orchestra. He has also written articles for the annual Hot Steamed Jazz Festival (Essex, Connecticut).<ref>Internet Movie database</ref>

Borgman is currently working on a book about the Casa Loma Orchestra.<ref>''The Mississippi Rag'', October 2006</ref>

Borgman was working on a book about the Casa Loma Orchestra.<ref>''The Mississippi Rag'', October 2006</ref>

== Family ==

== Family ==

He has two sons and played a substantial role in his son Eric's feature comedy film The Man in the Movie.<ref>Man in the Movie Website</ref> His eldest son, Paul, is a mechanical engineer, and resides in Connecticut with his wife.<ref>Who's Who in America, 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref><ref>Internet Movie Database</ref>   

He has two sons and played a substantial role in his son Eric's feature comedy film The Man in the Movie.<ref>Man in the Movie Website</ref> His eldest son, Paul, is a mechanical engineer, and resides in Connecticut with his wife.<ref>Who's Who in America, 1994, 48th Edition, Vol. 1, page 362</ref><ref>Internet Movie Database</ref>

 

Borgman died on October 26, 2009 in Needham, Massachusetts after a brief illness.  

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